It's Not Over ‘Till It’s Over: Presenting and Prosecuting Your Appeal - Webcast
October 2017
It's Not Over ‘Till It’s Over: Presenting and Prosecuting Your Appeal
Co-sponsored by the CBA Trust & Estate Section
Program Description:
The talk will discuss the concept of finality, and its importance in obtaining appellate review. It will also address how to deal with non-final orders and cover basic concepts of appellate practice, including the notice of appeal and how to analyze the benefits and risks of appealing.
MEET YOUR PRESENTER
Kendra Beckwith, Esq., focuses on appellate and complex litigation. She routinely represents clients before the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court, and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Beckwith guides clients through the entire appellate process, starting with developing legal strategies, preserving issues in the trial court, and continuing through appellate briefing, oral argument, and petitions for certiorari.
At the trial level, Ms. Beckwith’s practice emphasizes complex proceedings in federal and state court, including issue analysis and preservation. Her practice covers a broad variety of subject areas, encompassing land use, natural resources, commercial litigation, class actions, constitutional law, professional liability, and insurance law.
Her past successes include defeating class certification in a gas royalties underpayment case in Wyoming federal court and overturning a $4.2 million jury verdict in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, obtaining judgment in her client’s favor. A representative listing of Ms. Beckwith’s previous matters is available upon request.
Ms. Beckwith believes communication is the cornerstone to her clients’ success. She uses her dual role as advocate and counselor to hear and understand her clients’ priorities and concerns. From those, she develops a strategic, effective, and efficient litigation strategy aimed at achieving her clients’ goals and resolving their challenges.
Ms. Beckwith is actively involved in the Colorado legal community. She is a member of the Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions and a 2016 graduate of Colorado Bar Association Leadership Training (“COBALT”). Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Beckwith clerked for Judge John Daniel Dailey on the Colorado Court of Appeals
Agenda:
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Registration
12:00 PM
Appeals in trusts and estates--
- The concept of finality
- Its importance in obtaining appellate review
- How to deal with non-final orders
- Basic concepts of appellate practice, including
- Notice of appeal
- How to analyze the benefits and risks of appealing
1:00 PM
Adjourn
Presented by Kendra N. Beckwith, Esq., Of Counsel, Messner Reeves LLP, Denver, CO
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $79.00 |
| CBA Member | $59.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $29.50 |
| CBA Elder Law Section Member | $29.00 |
| CBA Trust & Estate Law Section Member | $29.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 1.00
- Ethics Credits:
- EDI Credits:
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